Poem of the week!
Writing:
-This
week in writing we focused on true stories by writing and illustrating 3 page
books.
-
We focused on a different part of the story for each page: Who?
Where? What is happening?
-We
continued to work on writing middle sounds in words when we added the writing
to each page of our books.
Reading:
-Our
sight words this week was the word “with”
and “my”!
-Please
remember to practice your sight word flashcards each day as part of your
homework. This week my was frequently confused with me.
-We
continued our word work this week in class picking out the 2 words that
rhyme. We also practiced listening to
see if two given words had same beginning sound or the same ending sound.
-We
also worked on blending parts of a word (onset/rhyme) together to help us get
ready for word families.
-The
CAFÉ strategies we worked on this week were
“Retell
a story in order”
“Comparing
and contrasting”
How can
you help your child with the strategies at home?
1. Encourage
your child to retell you a story including the characters—focus on the beginning,
middle, and end 2. While reading together, talk about the characters. How are they alike? How are they different? If there is only one character, compare and contrast that character to your child or a character from another book.
IPADS
-Our ipads are up and running! The apps we used this week were Raz-Kids, QR
readers, and ABC Magic. These apps
allowed use to read to self, listen to books on the ipad, and practice
beginning letter sounds. Despite on or
two technical issues we had a successful week using our new technology.
Math:
-In
math this week we talked about different ways to make the numbers 1 through 5
using “The Story of…”
-We
manipulated chips into different combinations that equaled the number of the
day.
-We
“read” our examples like a sentence---
3 and 2 make 5, 4 and 1 make 5, 0 and 5 make 5
-We
reviewed 3D shapes and sorted pictures of real world items that are those
shapes during morning meeting
-We
practiced recognizing numbers 1-25 using flashcards each time we lined up to go
to specials.
Content:
-This
week we talked about nocturnal animals, specifically owls.
-We
reviewed text features with a Weekly Reader about owls
-We
labeled the body parts of an owl on a diagram.
-We
made owl puppets that gave facts about owls using “Owls can…” “Owls have…” and “Owls are…” sentence
starters.
-We read several owl books this week.
Skills we focused on using those books were the character’s feelings,
comparing and contrasting, and predicting.
October Homework Club!
Next
week:
--In writing we will be working on adding detail to
our pictures and choosing pieces to publish.
We will also star working on editing a piece of writing.
--In math, we will extend our knowledge different
ways to make the number 1-5 using number bonds and addition number sentences.
--In reading, we will focus on making a mental
picture in our head. We will also start
word families.
--Our theme next week will continue to be nocturnal
animals, specifically bats.
